‘True Blood’ Star Joe Manganiello Wants to Do a Werewolf Spin-Off

Though he met an unlikely fate on last night’s “True Blood,” don’t count Joe Manganiello out for good.

In a new interview with MTV News, the actor, who played werewolf Alcide Herveaux, revealed that he’s up for a spin-off – and has even been working on a script. “I would love to do an Alcide movie at some point,” he said. “I’d love to do a one-off, a spin-off adventure somewhere, in the way that Wolverine had. I actually started writing a script, and was thinking maybe one of these days I’ll call up [“True Blood” author] Charlaine [Harris]. She said if I ever came to her house she’d make me dinner, so maybe I’ll go down to her house and pitch it to her.”

Manganiello has clearly thought long and hard about this and asserts the genre has been a bit lacking over the years. “Nobody’s really done the werewolf movie right,” he said. “‘True Blood’ was right on the edge of it. It was there. If we take it the next step further, it could go.”

Meanwhile, the often shirtless actor has a bevy of projects in the pipeline, including reprising his role as Big D–k Richie in “Magic Mike XXL” and a role in the upcoming Terrence Malick film, “Knight of Cups.” So for those Trubies saddened by Alcide’s departure, it might not be instantaneous – but clearly, his love for Bon Temps hasn’t fully perished.